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H. 3. LA BARGE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. (Application filed A r. 28, 1900.

(No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT HENRY S. LA BARGE, OF WELLSTON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOROF ONE-FOURTH TO WILLIAM B. DALTON,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,233, dated January1, 1901.

T at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. LA BARGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Wellston, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of bottles constructed with theobject in view of preventing refilling when the bottle has been emptiedof its original contents, the device being so constructed that theoriginal contents of the bottle may be readily and freely extractedtherefrom. I

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a vertical sectional view taken through the upper end andneck of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. II isan enlarged perspective view of the confining-cone located at the upperend of my device. Fig. III is a perspective view of the guard-disklocated beneath the confiningcone. Fig. IV is an enlarged perspectiveview of the pronged ring located beneath the guard-disk. Fig. V is anenlarged perspective View of the valve-container. Fig. VI is across-sectional view taken on line VI VI, Fig. I. Fig. VII isacross-sectional view taken on line VII VII, Fig. I.

1 designates the neck of the bottle, which may be of any suitable designadapted for the reception of my non-refilling device.

2 designates a valve-container provided with an apertured lower end 3,provided with a valve-seat for the reception of the ball-valve 4,located within the container. The container 2 is provided upon itsinterior with longitudinally extending ribs 5, between which theball-valve 4 is confined, as seen in Fig. VII, the valve being of suchsize as to freely move between said ribs, but being maintained out ofcontact with the wall of the container by the ribs, so as to providechannel-ways 6,(see Fig.VII,) through which 50 the contents of thebottle may pass when the bottle is inverted and the ball-valve movesSerial No. 14,651. (No model.)

fromits seat at the lower end of the container. The container 2 isprovided at its upper end with an annular groove 7, (see Figs. I and V,)that receives an annular rib 8 at the lower edge of a ring 9, whichsnrmounts the container. The ring 9 is provided withdownwardly-projecting prongs 10, against which the ball-valve 4 moveswhen the bottle is inverted, said prongs serving to limit the movementof the ball-valve and prevent it from seating against the body of thering and closing the aperture 11, extending therethrough.

.The ring 9 contains an angular shoulder 12,

located beneath the rim of the ring 9, said shoulder being located in anenlargement 13 of the aperture 11. At the upper edge of the ring 9 are apair of ribs 14:, between which is a groove 15. (See Fig. IV.) The ribs14 are notched at 16 to receive the cross-arms 17 of a guard-disk 18,that is seated on the ring 9. The body of the disk 18 is less than thearea of the enlargement 13 of the aperture 11, so that the liquidflowing through said aperture and enlargement may find ready passagepast the guard-disk; but the diameter of the disk is slightly in excessof the diameter of the edge of the angular shoulder 12, so as to excludethe passage of a wire or other implement past the guard'disk into theaperture 11 and therefrom into engagement with the ball-valve 4 tounseat said valve and enable the introduction of liquid into the bottle.If any attempt were made to pass a wire or other implement intoengagement with the ballvalve to unseat it, such wire or implement mightbe inserted past the disk into the enlargement 13 of the cavity 11; butit would there come in contact with the angular shoulder l2 and pass tothe bottom of the enlargement 13, against said shoulder, it beingimpossible to cause the wire or implement to be directed inwardlybeneath the guard-disk to a sufficient extent to cause it to enter theaperture 11 over the edge of the sloping angular shoulder.

The guard-disk 18 is confined and retained by a cone 19, provided at itslower edge with a notched tongue 20, that enters the groove 15 betweenthe ribs 14 of the ring 9, said too tongue straddling the cross-arm 17of the guard-disk and holding the disk firmly seated against the ring 9.The cone 19 is surrounded by a body of cement of any suitabledescription, through the medium of which the cone is held securely inplace Within the bottle-neck.

I claim as my invention 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combinationwith a bottle-neck, of a valve-container provided with a valve-seataperture at its lower end and having interior ribs, a ballvalve locatedin said container, an apertured ring surmounting said container havingdown\vardly-projecting prongs; an angular shoulder within said ring, anda guard-disk located above said ring and the shoulder thereof;substantially as described.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle-neck, of avalve-container located therein provided with a valve-seat aperture andhaving interior ribs, a ball-valve located in said container, a prongedapertured ring surmounting said container, the aperture in said ringbeing enlarged at its upper end, an angular shoulder located in saidenlargement, and a guard-disk located above said ring, substantially asdescribed.

In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle-neck, of avalve-container provided with a valve-seat aperture, ribs on theinterior of said container, a ball-valve located between said ribs, anapertured ring surmounting said con tainer,an angularshoulder located insaid ring, and a guard-disk surmounting said ring, said guard-disk beingof greater diameter than the aperturein said ring, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a valve-containerprovided with a valve-seat aperture, and having interiorlylocated ribs,a ball-valve located in said container, prongs projectingfrom said ringinto said container, an angular shoulder within said ring, a guard-disksurmounting said ring and having cross-arms seated upon the upper edgeof the ring, and a confining-cone surmounting said guard-disk and ring,substantially as described.

HENRY s. LA BARGE.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, N. V. ALEXANDER.

